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'No one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as Brookfield' The Mirror

On the day that her youngest child leaves home, Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a matter of hours.

The Empty Nest cliche is true.

And she does not love her husband Peter at all.

Now in her fifties, Alice is appalled to realise that she is no longer considered her own person, but is instead defined by her relationships – mother to her adult children, wife to her husband. Horrified by the thought of spending another thirty years with Peter in their North London suburb, Alice decides to take matters into her own hands.

What follows is a triumphant and liberating breaking of all the rules. But when Alice must cope with loss for the second time in as many years, she discovers what even the most apparently ‘respectable ‘woman is capable of.

Join Amanda Brookfield as she revisits her first novel, Alice Alone, and rediscover how she got her well-deserved reputation for writing about women’s lives with humour and honesty. Includes a brand new foreword from the author

©2023 Amanda Brookfield (P)2023 Boldwood Books Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Marriage Romance
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An excellent narrator. I didn't like the story, because the characters were sometimes silly, sometimes unsympathetic and overall egoistic. as I couldn't identify with any of the characters, it took a lot of patience to get through the story.

NOT FOR ME

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Did not like the daughter, the type of searching for meaning with another man. The sort of assuming mother, typical wife, no change to partner

Character of mum as a housewife unfulfilled

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Another engrossing story with such unusual ‘ twists and turns’. Beautifully narrated by Charlotte Stevens too.

Another hit!

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